Mecha Baltan comes from the 1983 series "Ultra Super Legend: Andro Melos". While not technically an ultra-series, it did feature an a host of re-imagined Ultra Kaiju as villains, and cameo appearances from Ultraseven and Zoffy. So it kind of is an ultra show, kind of isn't. It got its start in Terebi-kun and later got a series of live action vignettes.

The toy is your typical ultra-kaiju toy. Soft vinyl, about 16cm tall, with limited poseability. In addition to the shoulders and waist, the arms can rotate at the forearms.

One thing worth noting is that this figure is molded in metallic vinyl, with metallic paint, making for a beautiful figure.

I've always liked Baltan--even more so after I saw the first episode of Ultraman!--but I've always been a bit dissatisfied with most of the toys of him. I dunno...I guess I'm picky.

This page is a great visual resource for Baltan toys (even if it isn't complete). I had the Popy/B-Club gid reissues of the original Bullmark, but ultimately, their sculpts didn't do anything for me. Just too...corny.

I was then able to find the unpainted glow M1 sculpt, but I have yet to douse it with paint... I think the sculpt is a better balance of old-school and cool/accurate.

In the meantime, this Mecha Baltan is pretty cool, though. It's got a great sculpt and I like the idea of mechanizing parts of kaiju! Mecha-King Ghidorah, for example, is hot! Cyborg monster...how can ya beat that???